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When Is the Next Full Moon? July's Thunder Moon, Explained

When Is the Next Full Moon? July's Thunder Moon, Explained

The next full Moon is on Thursday, July 10. That night, the Moon rises at about 9:45 p.m. EDT and reaches peak altitude shortly before 2 a.m. on the 11th. Moon Phases For July 2025 Here are the phases of the Moon for this lunar cycle: 🌕 Full Moon:...

Cortez Masto, Murkowski Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Ensure Tax Parity for Tribes & Boost Economic Development in Indian Country

Cortez Masto, Murkowski Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Ensure Tax Parity for Tribes & Boost Economic Development in Indian Country

Editor’s Note: Press releases are provided to Yellow Scene Magazine. In an effort to keep our community informed, we publish some press releases in whole. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2025 Contact: Hannah Ray Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators...

Tickets for Packers Family Night now on sale

Tickets for Packers Family Night now on sale

Tickets are available for purchase solely online through Ticketmaster at Ticketmaster.com. There will be a limit of 10 tickets per purchase during the first day of ticket sales. All individuals, regardless of age, require a ticket for admittance....

Patrons can enjoy ‘Thrill of the Grill’ with hot summertime savings through the June 16 - 29 Commissary Sales Flyer

Patrons can enjoy ‘Thrill of the Grill’ with hot summertime savings through the June 16 - 29 Commissary Sales Flyer

FORT GREGG-ADAMS, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES 06.16.2025 Courtesy Story By DeCA’s Marketing Directorate NOTE: To see a DeCA video related to this release, click here: https://cdn2.webdamdb.com/md_A9vkZS17Y6561QX9.mp4?1749848004. FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Va....

Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference 2025 left unspoken what Alaskans truly value

Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference 2025 left unspoken what Alaskans truly value

At the conclusion of the 2025 Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference much attention was given to profitability of fossil fuels, while far less was said about the meaning of “sustainability” itself. In fact, both Alaskans and the principles of...

Monroe County restaurant inspections for June 2-8 

Monroe County restaurant inspections for June 2-8 

These establishments in Monroe County were inspected between June 2 and 8, according to Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture records. The list also includes earlier inspections not previously available. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture...

Missouri continues to lag behind most states in children’s health, report finds

Missouri continues to lag behind most states in children’s health, report finds

(Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent). June 9, 2025 5:21 pm Missouri ranked in the bottom third of all states for children’s health, according to a report released Monday — due in part to a high rate of child and teen deaths. The annual Kids Count...

Former Anchorage nurse practitioner convicted on 12 felony counts in opioid case

Former Anchorage nurse practitioner convicted on 12 felony counts in opioid case

Kris Kile at her arraignment in Anchorage Superior Court on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. (Anne Raup / ADN) An Anchorage jury on Friday convicted Kris Rhodes Kile, a former nurse practitioner, of 12 felonies related to dispensing powerful opioids to...

ICE officials send 40 immigration detainees to Alaska correctional facilities

ICE officials send 40 immigration detainees to Alaska correctional facilities

The Alaska Department of Corrections, which handles the state’s jails and prisons, has taken in 40 people who were detained outside of the state by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The move comes amid a national crackdown on immigration...

Lawmakers warn Trump’s budget endangers tribal health care

Lawmakers warn Trump’s budget endangers tribal health care

Key Summary: Trump’s budget lacks advance funds for Indian Health Service Lawmakers vow to protect tribal health services Democrats and Republicans raise concern over funding gaps Potential shutdown could halt vital tribal healthcare Lawmakers...

Alaska promotes ‘School Health Model’ with DEI, gender-fluidity, sexual counseling

Alaska promotes ‘School Health Model’ with DEI, gender-fluidity, sexual counseling

For several years now, employees in Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s State Health Department have aggressively pushed a so-called “School Health Model,” which encourages Alaska school districts across the state to adopt a program that embraces DEI,...

Rodriguez repeats as Gatorade Alaska softball player of the year

Rodriguez repeats as Gatorade Alaska softball player of the year

East’s Sela Rodriguez (right) watches last week’s ASAA Division I state tournament from the East dugout. Photo by Stephanie Burgoon/Alaska Sports Report Sometimes the best way to gauge a player’s value on the softball field is to take them out of...

Alaska rangers recover body of man who died from fall on North America’s tallest peak

Alaska rangers recover body of man who died from fall on North America’s tallest peak

Mountaineering rangers in Alaska recovered the body of a Seattle man who died after falling 3,000ft from a climbing route on Denali, or Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in North America. The National Park Service said that Alex Chiu, 41, was...

Inside the bowhead whale census in Alaska

Inside the bowhead whale census in Alaska

Scientists and Iñupiaq hunters have been counting bowhead whales passing by the northernmost American town, Utqiagvik, for the past two months. It is part of an effort to evaluate the health of the whale population up north — and support...

Letter: Begich disappointing on Medicaid and healthcare

Letter: Begich disappointing on Medicaid and healthcare

Rep. Nick Begich has already forgotten that he represents all of Alaska in the House of Representatives in Washington. Voting on legislation that greatly reduces and in some instances, eliminates Medicaid funding in Alaska does not demonstrate a...

Taking Back Alaska: Start with surgical cuts to bloated state bureaucracy

Taking Back Alaska: Start with surgical cuts to bloated state bureaucracy

For nearly a decade, the state has been gripped by a silent but intensifying fiscal crisis, one rooted not in a lack of natural wealth, but in chronic mismanagement, bureaucratic expansion, and a dangerous dependency on federal funds. Despite its...

Skagway Municipality ranks 23rd in Alaska for government transfer dependency at 18.4% in 2022

Skagway Municipality ranks 23rd in Alaska for government transfer dependency at 18.4% in 2022

In 2022, Skagway Municipality ranked as the 23rd most government transfer-dependent county in Alaska, with 18.4% of total income coming from programs such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and income maintenance, according to information...

Pro AV Newsmakers: What You Missed During InfoComm 2025

Pro AV Newsmakers: What You Missed During InfoComm 2025

Record-setting numbers. Booths that dazzled. InfoComm stole the headlines last week, but there was so much more happening in Pro AV. Sit back, shake off the InfoComm hangover from another successful show, and get caught up with last week People...

Health Watch: Fairbanks family details young daughter’s battle with rare brain cancer

Health Watch: Fairbanks family details young daughter’s battle with rare brain cancer

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU/KTVF) - Shortly after her second birthday, Makayla Parot, of Delta Junction, was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. Now, she’s receiving care in Seattle with her family by her side – but the odds are still against...

2025 Cancer Health 25: A Salute to Patient Advocates

2025 Cancer Health 25: A Salute to Patient Advocates

No one should face cancer alone. Obviously, researchers and physicians are necessary to diagnose and treat the illness, and oncology nurses and navigators can guide people through the continuum of care. But that’s just one element of need....

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